DRESS + SWEATER + ANKLE BOOTS

Summer dresses are perfect during the autumn and winter time with knitted sweaters and cardigans. This is exactly one of my favourite type of outfits in the autumn: dress + sweater + ankle boots. 

The dress in the pictures is the one I show you here with two different looks. This time I combined my light pink dress with heavy black and white knitted sweater, black tights and ankle boots, plus light down jacket and black scarf when going out. Have to say that, again totally different looking outfit comparing these two. All based on the same dress.

These are the ways how it is possible to have more times to wear the same dress and not forget summer dresses into the darkest corner of wardrobe straight after August. At least I don't want to use a piece of garment just once or twice.

I also really liked this spot where my friend took these pics (thank you!), in front of that cute little pink house at our campus, almost two weeks ago. Works nicely even though the shade of the house is not the same than in dress. 

Last night and today it has been snowing so ground is not that green anymore. I try my best to hope that that snow could stay and it would be like -3 C degrees, but I'm sure that's not going to happen and I need to wade in slush next few weeks. I really really hate that. But anyway, it's not too cold yet to wear dresses and skirts! Just put thicker tights under if you feel chilly. 

xo, Viivi

ONE DRESS, TWO LOOKS

I love and prefer clothes that are easy to combine with different kinds of pieces of clothing and accessories to get different outfits and looks. I never want to buy or make a piece of clothing just so that I would use it once. Here are two different outfits / looks with the same dress. I didn't have camera with me in either of events so photos taken with phone this time :)

I made this dress for my friends' wedding in August. I wanted to make a beautiful, simple and timeless dress that I could use later on as well. For the wedding I accessorized the dress with green Minna Parikka shoes and green clutch bag. Or actually I had the shoes first and then I chose the fabric for dress to go nicely with them. My friend made a braid to my hair and I kept the make up pretty simple. The wedding look was outright quite sweet, summery and some how fairy look-a-like, I think.

Last Saturday I got a new chance to use this dress. I had a student dinner "sittning" (suom. sitsit) where the dress code was "jacket", that meant suit jacket for men and dresses for women. I wanted to create something totally different out of the dress that I had on the wedding and to make the look more autumn. I chose really dark burgundy for earrings, lipstick, and nails and otherwise black accessories. Hair I just fixed back and kept my make up simple excluding lipstick. This look was edgier and more rough comparing to the wedding look.

I really could not wait to combine the dress next with heavy cardigan and ankle boots. But now I would love to hear which one you like the best? The wedding look or the sittning look? Feel free to leave a comment (in english/finnish/swedish) :)

xo, Viivi